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The POTUS and the richest guy on Earth are clearly in what must be called a schoolyard squabble, but in front of the world. If you think of half of American voters as Stanley Laurel and the other half Oliver Hardy, it's time to say...

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A reminder we do not need to go quietly into the night as King Donald treats the chair behind the Resolute Desk as a throne and the Oval Office as a Throne Room. Something worth tracking. Kudos to UC Berkeley for throwing down the gauntlet. www.msn.com/en-us/news/u...

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Need new words to meet the moment: 1) piratocracy: rule by pirates, or by the code of pirates 2) Nixonocracy: rule by the principle “if the president does it then it’s not against law” 3) bullshitocracy: rule by the principle “fake it ‘til you make it” Also: piratism, Nixonism, bullshitism

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Sen. Ernst’s flippant “we’re all going to die” comment to Iowans who were upset & questioning cuts to Medicare/Medicate & her more flippant apology reminds us “power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely”[Lord Acton-1887]. A US Senator has real power & years of it. Case in point?

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My take. DOGE was about efficiency in the same way the Democratic People's Republic of North Korea is about democracy. It was pretext. Musk paid $300M for the privilege. Access data systems of the entire national government. Sabotage investigations against him. Gather intelligence on competitors...

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Do you find this as alarming as I do? www.msn.com/en-us/news/p...

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A sliver of silver lining. With 21st Century tech we can no longer ignore the power of propaganda over reason. In particular, what our Founders considered reason. We see, in real time, blatant lies, misinformation, and half-truths winning the day. Our conundrum? How do we re-empower reason?

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Exclusive: Morning Consult finds that due to trade policy, global favorability of China is rising, while America is falling

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“Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.” ― Voltaire The US Citizen cited in this article is a victim of atrocity at the hands of Trump's DHS & ICE. The absurdity ICE is acting on is the questioning of her citizenship. www.msn.com/en-us/news/u...

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